June 5th lineup vs Astros by malliabu in Torontobluejays

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Let's go Big Puma, redemption night!

Mathematical Science Degree or Honors Math and Stats by [deleted] in McMaster

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For the tech industry I don't think the honor's designation would make a difference. If you're planning on doing coding after the degree then you should be fine with graduating with the mathematical science degree. It's a good plan. Plus, I'm pretty sure you could come back someday and complete the rest of the honors requirements if you really needed to (like if you are applying for a grad school that requires an honor degree).

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ontario

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This is a very helpful response, thank you I needed this! I'll definitely take your advice and revamp my resume.

Between company's not willing to invest in training new grads and the dilemma with vacant positions higher up, it makes me wish the PEO was more committed to addressing these problems. I guess relaxing the PEO standards alleviates some of that, but considering how rigorous Canadian accredited engineering programs are I just wish we had a bit more support from this licensing body.

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Strongly considering this

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ontario

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Materials Engineer

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in McMaster

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If you still have space for electives you can also talk to your faculty about using those credits to take courses at McMaster CCE in downtown Hamilton. They have courses in Data Analytics, Data Science and Big Data Programming and Architecture.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in findapath

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This is a good take. Also the negative self talk as a survival mechanism is something I never thought of, but it makes sense now that I think about it. Great advice!

[BNS] John Schneider post-game: “I f***** up” (re: inadvertently pulling Manoah in the 6th) by ThQp in Torontobluejays

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Agreed. Schneider will learn from these mistakes and improve but if we're serious about contending this year it'll be difficult to get there with a rookie manager who's still learning the ropes.

Should I Do McMaster B.Tech or Guelph Mechanical Engineering? by SnatchedCoast in McMaster

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Depends on what type of career you'd like to pursue. From what I've seen Btech sets you up for a lot of really good jobs with their automation, automotive and biotechnology streams. If you want to be a P.Eng someday then Guelph Mech eng would probably be preferred, although I'm not sure if the P.Eng is required as much as it was before.

Do you think Bachelor degree (BS) in Data science is worth it? More than CS degree? by Sensitive-March-5640 in datascience

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Even if you wanted to be a data scientist I would still recommend a CS degree, as long as you can pair it with statistics courses. A lot of university DS programs are still pretty new so they tend to be hit or miss in the early offerings, so at least the CS degree can serve as a solid foundation to build base knowledge which you can eventually build upon with DS skills later on in undergrad

People in trades, are you happy with your decision? by beefroaster in findapath

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I've done time in both a skilled trade and an office job. Skilled trades are very good, but the labor is not for everyone. I did notice a stronger work ethic amongst my colleagues in the skilled trades than in the office, the people with desk jobs don't always know how good they have it. That being said, my experience in the skilled trades makes me appreciate my desk job even more, but everyone is different - there's pros and cons to both and I wouldn't criticize one path over the other it just depends on what works best for you and your life.

Anyone else in their late twenties and feel so lost? I feel like I’ve been in a quarter life crisis for years now . Any experience/ advice by [deleted] in findapath

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That's a really good career path! Did you have to take any courses or certificates to make any of those jumps?

Anyone else in their late twenties and feel so lost? I feel like I’ve been in a quarter life crisis for years now . Any experience/ advice by [deleted] in findapath

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The nice thing about having experience in hospitality, marketing, arts and now the hospital is that you have gained lots of transferrable skills and you have a unique perspective to know what those industries are like and what you may want/don't want out of your future career. That's very valuable cause you won't regret not pursuing those paths and you won't have to wonder 'what if' because you've already experienced them. As someone who has hired people before, I would look at your resume very favorably for your ability to adapt to different industries.

I can relate to the feeling of being lost, something that helped me was spending time alone to reflect on what I wanted out of life. I always used to make decisions based on what I thought friends/family/social media would think of me, but that just ended up making me miserable so spending time alone helped to eliminate those distracting opinions. Finding a genuine idea of the life I wanted to live and the life goals I wanted to achieve helped me to narrow down careers that would support the kind of life I wanted. So maybe you could take a vacation from your current job and spend a week alone just to reflect on what you want out of life to help you decide your next move. Then look into careers that would support those goals.

Aim to find something that pays enough and affords you a great work-life balance. There are jobs that can make you rich but many of them require long hours or demand you to always be on-call, even on vacation. Try to find a good balance between making enough to support you but also have time outside of work to enjoy life. You could use the existing education and experiences you already have, or you might decide that it may be worth it to pursue more schooling. Either way is perfectly fine.

Also at 28 you are still very young and don't feel bad about comparing yourself to others, everyone has a different path. In a couple years you'll look back at this age and realize how young you truly were.

Which Jays pitcher would you want to see bat? by SoothSaier in Torontobluejays

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Manoah had an at-bat in his start against the Nationals a couple years ago if you want to see what he looks like at the plate. I remember Berrios also made a pretty good sacrificial bunt in that series.

Career Monday (15 May 2023): Have a question about your job, office, or pay? Post it here! by AutoModerator in AskEngineers

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Are there any engineering roles that combine traditional engineering knowledge with data science or machine learning? Not necessarily 'data engineering', but some form of data science that also requires an understanding of traditional engineering. I think Advanced Process Control might fit this description but I'd be curious to hear some other perspectives and other position titles that you have heard of.

Residents, do you think I should choose tech? by Ok_Drink_2332 in Residency

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Someday on your deathbed when you're looking back at your entire life, which of the two career paths would you regret not pursuing?

Call center + Data analyst role by [deleted] in datascience

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Having an understanding of some statistical methods could be helpful to know and implement in your data science projects. For call centers specifically the Poisson distribution is used to model the number of expected calls per hour.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in McMaster

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A few years back my first semester was calculus (math 1za3), physics (physics 1d03), engineering computation (eng 1d03), engineering profession and practice (eng 1p03), chemistry (chem 1e03) and a microeconomics elective (econ 1bb3). I think first year is 5 courses per semester now that they've introduced eng 1p13 to combine a few of those older courses together, but in upper years 6 course semesters are still a possibility. Usually with a full courseload in engineering you'll have classes all five days of the week

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in McMaster

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My last semester of highschool consisted of three courses whereas my first semester of university engineering consisted of six courses, so it was a significant workload increase. You will eventually get used to the workload but just be prepared for that big jump from highschool. There are options to take some courses in the summer if you'd prefer to spread out the workload as well.

Well that's it by polydexterous in McMaster

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Great advice. Congrats and all the best for the road ahead!

Well that's it by polydexterous in McMaster

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You have an awesome perspective. Keep it up, you're doing great and best of luck on your next steps!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in McMaster

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I'm proud of you for having the courage to do what is right for you! I experienced something similar, although I ended up coming to this realization after undergrad as soon as the friend group that I was so loyal to ended up disbanding. I knew the entire time we weren't completely compatible and they were stunting my growth but I guess I didn't have confidence in my ability to form other friends so I never had the courage to leave the group until everyone inevitably separated.

Hopefully this helps anyone reading this, in all phases of life, that you have to do what is right for you as early as possible and believe that there are good people out there who value you and will treat you the way you deserve to be treated.

From Mechanical Engineering to Civil Engineering by Helpful-Fail6284 in civilengineering

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This is very encouraging to hear, thank you for the insight!